This has come back to haunt Total – the U.S. Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission levied a $398 million fine, saying the payments breached the Foreign and Corrupt Practices Act (Total has its ADR shares listed on a the NYSE, so it falls under the FCP remit).

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